{"product_id":"coen-brothers-william-rodney-allen-9781578068890","title":"Coen Brothers: Interviews","description":"Joel and Ethan Coen (b. 1954, 1957) started their careers in obscurity on a shoestring budget cajoled from family and friends in Minneapolis. Working entirely outside the studio system, the Coen brothers scored an unlikely first success in 1984 with their postmodern noir film \u003ci\u003eBlood Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. Two decades and nearly a dozen movies later, the Coens are now among the best-known writer\/directors in Hollywood, turning out major studio releases featuring such stars as George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Tom Hanks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Coens' films all share a distinctive, quirky ambience that critics have come to identify as \"that Coen brothers feeling.\" Tricky moving camera work, frequent use of the voiceover, homages to directors and cinematic genres, a fascination with unexpected and off-kilter violence, and omnipresent black humor are all defining elements of the Coens' cinematic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From such highly stylized movies as \u003ci\u003eBarton Fink\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Wasn't There\u003c\/i\u003e to more mainstream but dark comedies such as \u003ci\u003eRaising Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntolerable Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eO Brother, Where Art Thou?\u003c\/i\u003e, the Coens are equally at home with existential despair and comic exuberance and are known for scripts packed with an obvious love for language. This collection of their most important interviews spans twenty years and is the most comprehensive published on the brothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Rodney Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578068894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578068890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 14","brand":"William Rodney Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987895779583,"sku":"9781578068890","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb5942fb-3f96-4fc9-8b37-be3295691498.jpg?v=1683291489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coen-brothers-william-rodney-allen-9781578068890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}